Oriental Essays Portraits of Seven Scholars

In this book Professor Arberry describes the lives and labours of six great scholars - Simon Ockley, Sir William Jones, E. W. Lane, E. H. Palmer, E.G. Browne and R. A Nicholson - men who were devoted to building a bridge between the peoples of Europe and Asia. To these biographical essays, Arberry has appended a fragment of candid autobiography and an eloquent plea for the further encouragement of Oriental studies.Arberry, Arthur John is the author of 'Oriental Essays Portraits of Seven Scholars' with ISBN 9780700702893 and ISBN 070070289X.